United Nations Committee on Enforced Disappearances reviews Mexico for the first time
PBI Mexico's Bulletin underlines how Security Strategy has consequences for the defense of human rights in the country
Mexico City, - 21 January 2015. Peace Brigades International launched its new thematic bulletin “Peace in Mexico?" Security Strategies and Human Rights, which discusses the issue of public security from the perspective of human rights defenders, highlighting the impact that the current violent context and the public security strategies have on the defence of human rights.
Open letter from Civil Society to EU member states. For the Right to Defend Human Rights: Criminalization of HRDs in Latin America
This letter came about from the work of civil society organizations from the Spanish State during the International Forum “For the Right to Defend Human Rights: Criminalization of HRDs in Central America” which took place in Madrid on September 22, 2014.
Presentation: Women Crossing the Line: Women Defenders in Mexico, Honduras and Guatemala
As part of our activities for JASS Mesoamerica's 16 days of activism campaign we are presenting a series of mini-documentaries produced by the Nobel Women's Initiative (NWI) Women Crossing the Line: Women Defenders in Mexico, Honduras and Guatemala in coordination with allied organizations in the region.
Event: "Improving Protection and Ensuring Participation of Land and Environment Defenders in All Business Initiatives and Discussions"
The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders
a joint programme of
The World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT)
and the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH)
in partnership with
CIDSE, Franciscans International, Peace Brigades International (PBI)
PBI commemorates one year of permanent presence in the North with a dialogue between representatives of the Diplomatic Corps and Human Rights Defenders
Chihuahua City, Mexico – On November 6, Peace Brigades International-Mexico Project (PBI Mexico) facilitated a meeting between five European embassies in Mexico and representatives from civil society organizations from the states of Chihuahua and Coahuila. The objective of the meeting was to publicize the risk situation that HRDs continue to face and the state of human rights in the north of Mexico.